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Biotechnology CPU Objectives Activity 1 1-1 Test your pre-existing knowledge of the course material. 1-2. Define biotechnology, organism, and other associated terms. 1-3. Contrast biotechnology and bioengineering. 1-4. Distinguish the types of biotechnology. 1-5. Examine the career of a biological scientist. 1-6. Discuss an advancement in biotechnology you have used. Activity 2 2-1 Examine the history of biotechnology. 2-2. Determine what a cell is and how it functions. 2-3. Distinguish unicellular from multicellular organisms. 2-4. Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. 2-5. Identify organelles and other cellular structures. 2-6. Evaluate how specialized cells work together to survive. 2-7. Identify how biochemists and biophysicists work with cells. 2-8. Discuss how unicellular organisms evolved into multicellular, specialized cells. Activity 3 3-1 Build a model of a cell and identify its parts. 3-2. Create a series of examples about how cells and their organelles function and work together. Activity 4 4-1 Define DNA and its components. 4-2. Determine how DNA affects the activities of a cell and, in turn, a multicellular organism. 4-3. Describe how DNA replicates through transcription and translation. 4-4. Identify RNA and its role in DNA replication. 4-5. Examine how recombinant DNA is formed. 4-6. Assemble a model of standard DNA. 4-7. Discuss how much DNA plays a role in human actions. Activity 5 5-1 Differentiate between the law, morality, and ethics. 5-2. Define bioethics and its relationship to biotechnology. 5-3. Recognize the scope of bioethics and how it affects everyone. 5-4. Examine the Human Genome Project and advances made because of it. 5-5. Determine the uses of genetic screening and genetic counseling. 5-6. Recognize bioethical concerns surrounding genetic research, including genetic engineering, genetic determinism, and eugenics. 5-7. Describe examples of how people's views on morality, ethics, and the law change over time. Activity 6 6-1 Examine cloning and its history. 6-2. Describe the different types of cloning and how each is achieved. 6-3. Analyze the uses of cloning and the bioethical issues surrounding it. 6-4. Explain what stem cells are, how they are researched, and why. 6-5. Evaluate the ethical and legal issues involved with stem cell research. 6-6. Discuss your thoughts on the ethics of stem cell research. Activity 7 7-1 Examine DNA’s role in forensic science. 7-2. Consider why DNA has become an important type of evidence in criminal court cases. 7-3. Identify common sources of DNA evidence and how it is collected and preserved. 7-4. Define electrophoresis and how it works. 7-5. Assess the process and uses of gel electrophoresis. 7-6. Complete a simulated gel electrophoresis experiment. 7-7. Discuss how gel electrophoresis might be used in other types of genetic analysis in a field besides law enforcement. Activity 8 8-1 Determine the roles of biotechnology in agriculture and industry. 8-2. Describe natural selection, evolution, and artificial selection and how these have affected green biotechnology in the past. 8-3. Examine how genetic modification plays a role in today's green biotechnology. 8-4. Consider the bioethical implications of genetically modified organisms. 8-5. Evaluate the uses of bioremediation. 8-6. Identify biopharming and its uses. 8-7. Discuss your feelings on the safety of genetically modified food sources. Activity 9 9-1 Extract DNA from a strawberry. 9-2. Discuss very advanced biotechnology today that might one day be available for easy use by students. Activity 10 10-1. Begin challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. 10-2. Discuss your thoughts on using DNA banks to archive the natural DNA of organisms we are altering. Activity 11 11-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. 11-2. Discuss your opinions on genetically altering the plants and animals that make up our food supply. Activity 12 12-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. 12-2. Discuss your thoughts on future trends in biotechnology. Activity 13 13-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. 13-2. Discuss which field of biotechnology you think has had the greatest impact on human culture. Activity 14 14-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. 14-2. Discuss an advancement other than DNA research that has played an important role in shaping today’s biotechnology. Activity 15 15-1. Select appropriate vocabulary terms based on the definitions provided. 15-2.Test your comprehension of concepts gained during this course. 15-3. State and explain your opinion of the Biotechnology CPU. The objectives for the challenges in Activity 10 through Activity 15 of this CPU include: Challenge 1 You will conduct research on a career of your choice that uses biotechnology. Share your findings in a presentation. Challenge 2 You will design a process or invention that uses biotechnology to aid in relief work during a selected natural disaster. Your work will be documented in a portfolio. Challenge 3 You will conduct research on how biotechnology is, has been, or might one day be used by the military. Share your findings in a presentation. Challenge 4 You will create a fictitious new company that focuses on some aspect of biotechnology. Your ideas will be documented in a business brief and business card of your own design. Challenge 5 You will write a persuasive essay describing your position on a bioethics topic of your choice. |
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